Illustration of the separation of Church and State
Extent and Medium
a: Height: 11.000 inches (27.94 cm) | Width: 6.875 inches (17.463 cm)
b: Height: 11.000 inches (27.94 cm) | Width: 8.875 inches (22.543 cm)
Creator(s)
- Harper's Weekly (Publisher)
- Peter Ehrenthal (Compiler)
Biographical History
The Katz Ehrenthal Collection is a collection of more than 900 objects depicting Jews and antisemitic and anti-Jewish propaganda from the medieval to the modern era, in Europe, Russia, and the United States. The collection was amassed by Peter Ehrenthal, a Romanian Holocaust survivor, to document the pervasive history of anti-Jewish hatred in Western art, politics and popular culture. It includes crude folk art as well as pieces created by Europe's finest craftsmen, prints and periodical illustrations, posters, paintings, decorative art, and toys and everyday household items decorated with depictions of stereotypical Jewish figures.
Archival History
The publication was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2016 by the Katz Family.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Katz Family
Funding Note: The cataloging of this artifact has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Scope and Content
Illustration from Harper's Weekly depicting the separation of church and state with a female figure in a Grecian gown entering a building labelled State, while representatives of different religions, including a Jewish man in a tallit, a Roman Catholic official, a Heathen Chile, and others stand on the street. This publication is one of more than 900 items in the Katz Ehrenthal Collection of antisemitic visual materials.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
a. Left side b. Right side
Subjects
- Church and state--History--United States--Pictorial works.
- Judaism in art.
- Religion in art.
- Freedom of religion--History--United States--Pictorial works.
- Judaism and secularism--Pictorial works.
Genre
- Object
- Art